Spilios v. Cohen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “A demand letter is a condition precedent to commencing an action under G.L.C. 93A §9.”
• plaintiff’s attorney refused to accept a settlement offer the plaintiff said should be accepted; held, because it was not possible to determine whether there was legal malpractice until the judge’s decision was announced, the statute of limitations did not begin to run until that time
• a historical discussion of this doctrine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rodi v. Southern New England School of Law
  First Circuit· 2004-11-10· cited 456×
• Lyons v. Nutt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-03-07· cited 52×
• Hanover Insurance v. Leeds
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-01-21· cited 42×
• John Beaudette, Inc. v. Sentry Insurance a Mutual Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 1999-11-02· cited 35×
• Southern States Police Benevolent Ass'n v. First Choice Armor & Equipment, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2007-03-09· cited 22×
• Vinci v. Byers
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-11-21· cited 20×
• Rosen Construction Ventures, Inc. v. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.
  First Circuit· 2004-04-16· cited 16×
• Lingis v. Waisbren
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-10-19· cited 15×
• Eck v. Kellem
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-06-13· cited 14×
• Smith v. Jenkins
  D. Massachusetts· 2009-06-16· cited 10×
• Silva v. Steadfast Insurance Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-08-07· cited 9×
• Swasey v. Barron
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-01-12· cited 8×
• Haywood v. Massachusetts Automotive Group Ltd.
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1998-05-01· cited 7×
• Boston Property Exchange Transfer Co. v. Iantosca
  D. Massachusetts· 2010-02-18· cited 4×
• Williams v. Raytheon Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 1999-04-06· cited 3×
• Ron Bouchard's Auto Service, Inc. v. Donna M. Godfrey Trust
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2005-10-24· cited 3×
• Catholic Relief Insurance Co. of America v. Liquor Liability Joint Underwriting Ass'n
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-12-22· cited 2×
• Reichenbach v. Financial Freedom Centers, Inc.
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2006-01-23· cited 2×
• Hugenberger v. Alpha Management Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-06-28· cited 1×
• Boynton v. Boland
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1996-03-14· cited 1×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-23· cited 2,301×
• Linthicum v. Archambault
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-12-19· cited 349×
• Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-01-30· cited 335×
• Lynn Foster v. Arcata Associates, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-10-25· cited 235×
• Trans-Orient Marine Corporation v. Star Trading & Marine, Inc., and the Republic of the Sudan
  Second Circuit· 1991-02-06· cited 191×
• Spring v. Geriatric Authority of Holyoke
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-03-14· cited 168×
• Greene v. Greene
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-05-18· cited 146×
• Entrialgo v. Twin City Dodge, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-08-20· cited 106×
• O'Brien v. Analog Devices, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-01-28· cited 69×
• Guenard v. Burke
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-12-30· cited 65×
• Cantu v. St. Paul Companies
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-11-03· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Crosscup
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-12-17· cited 46×
• Murphy v. Smith
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-10-07· cited 45×
• Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple, P.C.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-03-13· cited 43×
• Hobart-Farrell Plumbing & Heating Co. v. Klayman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-03-08· cited 34×
• Morrell v. Precise Engineering, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-03-14· cited 29×
• Salin v. Shalgian
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-08-09· cited 14×
• American Employers' Insurance v. Horton
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-11-05· cited 12×
• Frankina v. First National Bank of Boston
  D. Massachusetts· 1992-09-01· cited 10×